Re: 5kcstq clutch, master or slave dead

[Sandy Duffy <sandyduffy@home.com>]

You wrote
>Update: I went to see the car. The clutch pedal feels like it's connected
>only to a spring, pushing it either to the floor or all the way up, i.e.
>you start to pull the pedal up from the floor and then you pass a stable
>point and then it springs the rest of the way up. It doesn't appear to
>have lost any brake fluid. The clutch does not disengage. Does that help?
>
>- Wallace
>
Wallace:

I hope my BTDT didn't happen to you but I'll tell you the story.  The PO of
my 87 5KTQ put a "bargain" clutch pressure plate and throw out in it when
the clutch needed replacing at 60K miles.  I was going down the road about
40,000 miles later and declutched.  BANG and the pedal went right to the
floor and after that felt just like you are describing your pedal.  Turns
out that the pressure plate had packed it in and had sprung all of the
springs in it.  About $500.00 later I drove out of Claire Audi with a new
clutch installed.  Hope this is not the case for you. 

HTH

Sandy

PS:  We replaced the master cylinder before we discovered the real problem.
 Oh well, the old one had started to leak a little anyway.